,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Five Famous Symbols of American Culture,Unit 4:Section A,New Horizon College English,新,视,野,Five Famous Symbols of America,Buffalo nickel,The Statue of Liberty,Barbie,next,Buffalo nickelThe Statue of Li,American Gothic,Uncle Sam,Buffalo nickel,next,American GothicUncle SamBuffal,Five Famous Symbols of American Culture,The Statue of Liberty,Barbie,American Gothic,The Buffalo Nickel,Uncle Sam,Five Famous Symbols of America,The Statue of Liberty,Background Information,Expressions&Patterns,Text,Questions&Answers,Discussion,Homework,The Statue of Liberty Backg,Background information,The Statue of Liberty,is one of the most colossal sculptures in the history of the world,symbolizes freedom throughout the world.Its formal name is the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.The statue itself is designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.,The statue,(151 feet tall or 305 feet including base and pedestal),is made of copper sheets with an iron framework,depicts a woman escaping the chains of tyranny,which lie at her feet.,Her right hand holds aloft a burning,torch that represents liberty.,next,Background information The S,Background information,Her left hand holds a tablet inscribed with the date July 4,1776(in Roman numerals),the day the United States declared its independence from England.She is wearing flowing robes and the seven rays of her spiked crown symbolize the seven seas and continents.,back,Background information Her l,Questions&Answers,1.Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he?When?,2.What is the purpose to create the statue?,3.How did he create the Statue of Liberty?,4.When did the creator finish the statue?How did he like the statue?,key,key,key,key,Questions&Answers1.Who cre,Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he?When?,Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,French artist,in the mid-1870s (Para.2),Questions&Answers,back,Who created the Statue of Libe,Questions&Answers,2.What is the purpose to create the statue?,Celebrating US independence and France-America alliance (Para.2),back,Questions&Answers2.What is,Questions&Answers,3.How did he create the Statue of Liberty?,It is said that he had used his wifes arm as the model,but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue.So for the face,he chose his mothers.(Para.3),back,Questions&Answers3.How did,Questions&Answers,4.When did the creator finish the statue?How did he like the statue?,In 1886;the creator called it“my daughter,Liberty”.(Para.4),key,back,Questions&Answers4.When di,Five famous symbols of American culture,a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance.,1,The,Statue,of,Liberty,2,In the mid-1870s,French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty,Enlightening,the World,next,Five famous symbols of America,At the same time,he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada.His mother could not,approve,of her sons affection for a woman she had never met,but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876.,3,That same year Bartholdi had,assembled,the statues right arm and torch,and displayed them in Philadelphia.,Five famous symbols of American culture,next,At the same time,he was in,It is said that he had used his wifes arm as the model,but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue.He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength,someone more severe than beautiful.He chose his mother.,4,The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886.It had his mothers face and his wifes body,but Bartholdi called it my daughter,Liberty.,Five famous symbols of American culture,back,It is said that he had used,Expressions&Patterns,The,Statue,of,Liberty,(Para.1),statue:,n.,the figure of a person or animal,that is made of stone or metal and usually put in a public place,雕像，塑像,e.g.the,statue,of/to Confucius,孔子塑像,liberty:,n.,the freedom to go where you want,do what you want,etc.,自由,e.g.loss of,liberty,丧失自由,You are at,liberty,to leave when you wish.,你随时可以走。,next,Expressions&PatternsThe Sta,Expressions&Patterns,2.Liberty,Enlightening,the World(Para.2),enlighten:,vt.,give sb.more information about sth.so that he or she knows the truth,启发，开导,e.g.,A few devoted doctors have fought for years to,enlighten,the profession.,一些具有献身精神的医生奋斗了多年来,发展这一专业。,next,Expressions&Patterns2.Libe,Expressions&Patterns,3.,to,approve,of,(Para.2),approve:,v.,accept,permit or officially agree(to),e.g.We need to get an official from the govern-,ment to,approve,this project.,我们需要一位政府官员来支持这个项目。,If our plan isnt,approved of,by the committee,all our work will,come to nothing.,如果我们的企划得不到委员会的批准，,那么我们的辛苦就全白费了。,next,Expressions&Patterns3.to a,Expressions&Patterns,assemble:,v.,(Para.3),fit the parts of sth.together,组装，装配,e.g.She tried hard to,assemble,the bike.,她费力的组装自行车,。,come together in a group;gather or collect,（,使）集合，（使）聚集,e.g.The leaders,assembled,in Beijing for the meeting.,领导们聚集在北京开会。,back,Exp